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Israel bans Palestinians from holding academic conference in Al Quds

Date: 2018-07-14 09:43:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:7487751

RAMALLAH, July 14 (MENA) - Israeli security banned on Saturday Palestinians from holding an academic conference in occupied East Jerusalem (Al Quds), Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Israeli security forces cordoned off Al Quds University’s ....

Israeli occupation conducts airstrikes on Gaza

Date: 2018-07-14 09:07:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:7487580

GAZA CITY, July 14 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes attacked several locations in the Gaza Strip since the early hours of Saturday, prompting firing of rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Warplanes ....

Palestinian youth succumbs to injuries in southern Gaza

Date: 2018-07-14 07:18:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:7487547

GAZA CITY, July 14 (MENA) - A Palestinian youth, who was shot by Israeli occupation forces during Friday's protests of the Great Return, succumbed to his wounds on Saturday morning, medical sources announced. Mohammad Nasser Shurrab, 18, was ....

EU blasts Israel's decision to close Karam Abu Salem crossing

Date: 2018-07-13 19:43:57 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:7487363

Brussels, July 13 (MENA) - The EU has denounced a decision taken by Israel to close the Karam Abu Salem crossing point, except for humanitarian supplies, and to restrict the fishing zone for Palestinians risks further aggravating the already dire ....

One Palestinian killed, 68 injured by Israeli forces at Gaza border

Date: 2018-07-13 17:45:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:7487223

GAZA CITY, July 13 (MENA) - One Palestinian, 15, was shot to death by Israeli forces while he was partaking in protests at the Gaza Sector-Israel border, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday. Some 68 Palestinian protesters were also ....

Israel fires missile at drone coming from Syria

Date: 2018-07-13 14:45:23 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:7487033

GAZA CITY, July 13 (MENA) - The Israeli forces fired a Patriot missile on Friday afternoon at a drone approaching its border from Syria, the second such an incident this week, Ynet news reported. "The UAV was most likely intercepted," the ....

WHO concerned about access to health services for displaced people in southern Syria

Date: 2018-07-13 13:56:18 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:43 - ID:7486984

GENEVA, July 13 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) called for the protection of health facilities and increased access to southern Syria, where the recent hostilities have left over 210,000 people displaced and in need of urgent health ....

Israeli settlers set fire to two vehicles in southern Nablus

Date: 2018-07-13 08:51:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7486454

RAMALLAH, July 13 (MENA) - Israeli settlers burnt at dawn Friday two vehicles in Urif village, in the south of Nablus. A group of settlers from Yitzhar settlement barged into Wadi al-Sarrar area in the northeast of Urif village and set fire to ....

Israeli court defers decision on demolition of West Bank Bedouin village

Date: 2018-07-12 21:17:50 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:108 - ID:7486174

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday deferred by at least a month the government-planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the West Bank that had stirred Palestinian outrage and international concerns, Israeli Yedioth ....

Israeli court to impound Gaza flotilla ships to benefit terror victims

Date: 2018-07-12 20:24:12 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:105 - ID:7486150

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - An Israeli court issued a temporary confiscation order for two Norwegian ships set to partake in a solidarity flotilla to Gaza in the coming weeks, Ynet reported. The court order allows for the Karstein and Freedom, ....